May Issue SAIL MAGAZINE

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Dec 9, 2005
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Kirie Elite 37 Pascagoula, Mississippi
The May issue of SAIL MAGAZINE contains an article entitled "Sound Off" written by author Scott B. Williams. The article is about sailing the islands in the Mississippi Sound. These islands include Horn, Petit Bois, Ship, and Cat. On the last page of the three page story is a photograph of a sunrise on Horn Island. That photo is mine (SAIL gives me credit for it). Knowing that I religiously sail these islands, Scott contacted me for photographs for his article. He submitted several of my photos with the article and they chose the Horn Island sunrise. SAIL contacted me and followed it with a check. If you would like to see the photo please go to my Flickr photography site....http://www.flickr.com/photos/23105746@N07/ Also, please pick up a copy of the magazine and enjoy the article.

On a sad note, the oil slick threatens all the islands along the Mississippi coast as well as the coastlines of Louisiana and Florida. As of 9 am Monday morning, the harbor where my sailboat is docked will be "boomed" off to protect the marsh and wildlife. Boaters along the entire northern gulf coast from the mouth of the Mississippi River to the Florida Panhandle are watching this looming disaster. Unlike a hurricane which comes and goes, no one knows what this oil slick is going to do nor how long it will last.

Dick Dixon
 
Dec 9, 2006
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Oday 22 Hickory, NC
Dick, what a beautiful photo!
And I am very afraid of what this disaster will bring!
Jack
 
Jun 30, 2004
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Hunter 340 St Andrews Bay
Great photo. Sorry the coast is being fouled by the oil slick. I was hoping to make it our to those islands BEFORE something like this happened. Moral of the story, Life short-go now.
 

zeehag

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Mar 26, 2009
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1976 formosa 41 yankee clipper santa barbara. ca.(not there)
Great photo. Sorry the coast is being fouled by the oil slick. I was hoping to make it our to those islands BEFORE something like this happened. Moral of the story, Life short-go now.
i am soo glad i went sailing with phillip this last many months--i was able to see the beauty in the region that no one really can see unless they have been there---is a treasure --i hope the cleanup is quick and thorough--but i feel it will hurt more than we are able to know .... this is a special place that requires gentle care--hasnt been able to be destroyed by civil war or huricanes--until this disaster --i hope that the area is not killed off by the negligence of the oil company's refusal to adopt safety measures ......this suxx bad.....tooo ,any lives are affected by this disaster and too many homes and too many everything--sad to know a wonderful place like this is endangered.....
we on our way to slidell now --i will not be able to return here for a while--must attend to my formosa and life at home for a minuet--but this place and its inhabitants are definitely in my thoughts and prayers....
dick--that is an awesome picture.....thankyou for sharing!!!!
 
Feb 9, 2008
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Catalina 22 Long Beach Harbor, MS
Nice pic. Who knew? I went down and pulled the boat Saturday. Long Beach Harbor boomed off by Saturday morning. So sad. I have spent countless days and nights on Cat and around Ship in the last three years. Had no idea that 2 day solo trip 2 weeks ago would be my last for a while. That night the sky was clear, phosphorescence in the water. When I pulled up the boarding ladder, there were hundreds of tiny shrimp on the steps. I have watched Cat Island change greatly during this time, from various storms post Katrina. Just considered it part of the natural process. This is almost surreal. I am in mourning...
 
Oct 28, 2008
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I love Scott's book on this subject... it was our bible when we first started cruising the islands in 2004. Hope he does a post-Katrina update in the next few years.

Beautiful shot... looks like you probably used one seriously long lens!

Here are a few of mine (from November 2008, our first return to Cat Island since Katrina):








--Michael
 
May 23, 2004
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I'm in the market as were . Colonial Beach
Nice shot. I swear that you get the best sunrises and sunsets from the water. Maybe it is because when you are out there you stop and notice more.
 
Oct 28, 2008
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Nice shot. I swear that you get the best sunrises and sunsets from the water. Maybe it is because when you are out there you stop and notice more.
I've heard it's in large part due to all the chemical plants and oil refineries. :)

--Michael
 

zeehag

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Mar 26, 2009
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we just finished our scalded dog run across mobile bay and mississippi sound--ther eis no oil yet inside the barrier islands--there is a smell of oil witha south wind when ye get to cat and ship islands staying inside the barriers.....there is no noticeable booming activity as yet wherwe we were sailing and motoring to gewt to slidell-there is a boom at the ready at the hwy 90 bridge...but is not in place as yet---saw some boats going out with portapotties on them (that was cute) and am hoping they are going to the booming areas outside the barrier islands -- saw some small barges with booms on them going out the rigolets.....pray for repair before repair is needed....got some pix of sunset in mississippi sound as we traversed .... got goo dshots outside the sound also--even without the refineries and such---i think is just the sea.....
 
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